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1.--(1) Proceedings on Consideration shall be completed at today's sitting and brought to a conclusion (if not previously concluded) six hours after the commencement of proceedings on this Motion.
(2) Proceedings on Third Reading shall be completed at today's sitting and brought to a conclusion (if not previously concluded) seven hours after the commencement of proceedings on this Motion.
Questions to be put
2.--(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings on the Bill to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1.
(2) The Speaker shall forthwith put the following Questions (but no others)--
(a) any Question already proposed from the Chair;
(b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed;
(c) the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown;
(d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.
(3) On a Motion made for a new Clause or Schedule, the Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.
(4) If two or more Questions would otherwise fall to be put under sub-paragraph (2)(c) on amendments moved or Motions made by a Minister of the Crown, the Speaker shall instead put a single Question in relation to those amendments or Motions.
Miscellaneous
3. Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply at today's sitting to proceedings to which this Order applies.
4. Proceedings to which this Order applies shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House.
5. No Motion shall be made to alter the order in which proceedings on the Bill are taken or to recommit the Bill.
6. No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to the Bill except by a Minister of the Crown; and the Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.
7. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply to the Bill.
Supplemental Orders
8. The proceedings on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order shall (if not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after they have been commenced; and Standing Order No. 15(1) shall apply to those proceedings.
9. If at today's sitting the House is adjourned, or the sitting is suspended, before the time at which any proceedings are to be brought to a conclusion under this Order, no notice shall be required of a Motion made at the next sitting by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order.
Police (Northern Ireland) Bill
As amended in the Standing Committee, considered.
New Clause 3
District policing partnership sub-groups for Belfast
'.--(1) The district council for Belfast shall establish a sub-group of its district policing partnership for each police district established under section 20(2).
(2) The function of each sub-group shall be to provide views to the district commander of the sub-group's police district and to the Board on any matter concerning policing of that district.
(3) Each sub-group shall consist of at least six members of the partnership.
(4) The members of a sub-group shall be appointed by the partnership.
(5) The members of a sub-group shall appoint a member to act as chairman of the sub-group.
(6) If they are unable to agree on whom to appoint as chairman, the partnership shall appoint the chairman.
(7) The code issued under section 19 may contain guidance as to the exercise by sub-groups of their functions.'.--[Mr. Ingram.]
Brought up, and read the First time.
6.45 pm
The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. Adam Ingram): I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord): With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment No. 14, in clause 14, page 7 line 32, after "establish", insert--
'within 6 months from the commencement date of this Act'.
Amendment No. 56, in clause 15, page 8, line 3, leave out "section 14(1)" and insert--
'any part of Part III of this Act'.
Amendment No. 59, in clause 16, page 8, line 44, leave out "have regard to" and insert "comply with".
Amendment No. 60, in clause 19, page 9, line 24, leave out "may" and insert "shall".
Amendment No. 61, in page 9, line 25, after "and", insert "may".
Amendment No. 16, in page 9, line 34, leave out sub-paragraph (b) and insert--
'(b) a duty to hold all meetings of the district policing partnership in public;'.
Amendment No. 17, in page 9, line 40, leave out from "police" to "for" in line 41 and insert--
'service of their functions and operations in the district to be put by members of the district policing partnership and by members of the public'.
Amendment No. 62, in page 10, line 8, at end add--
'(3A) Nothing in this section shall require a district commander or his nominee to answer any question or disclose any information which compromises effective policing.'.
Amendment No. 63, in clause 54, page 27, line 37, at end add--
'(j) the effectiveness of district policing partnerships in the carrying out of their functions;
(k) the level of public satisfaction with the performance of individual district policing partnerships.'.
Amendment No. 6, in schedule 1, page 37, line 30, leave out--
'as far as is practicable'.
Amendment No. 8, in page 37, line 33, after "consult", insert--
'for a period not longer than three months'.
Amendment No. 7, in page 37, line 38, leave out sub-paragraph (6).
Amendment No. 9, in page 38, line 6, leave out sub-paragraph (9) and insert--
'(9) The members of the board shall, at their first meeting, elect a chair and a vice-chair; the appointments will not be confirmed unless the First and Deputy First Ministers agree to them; the Board shall ensure that--
(a) the offices of chair and vice-chair are at all times held by members of different political parties;
(b) a person is appointed to the office of chair and vice-chair for a term of 12 months at a time or, where that period is shorter than 12 months, for a period ending with the date of the next Assembly elections, and
(c) the office of chair is held by each of the four largest parties represented in the Assembly after the last assembly election.'.
Government amendments Nos. 215 and 216.
Amendment No. 10, in page 38, line 27, leave out sub-paragraph (c).
Amendment No. 11, in page 40, line 45, after--
'consult', insert for a period not longer than three months'.
Amendment No. 303, in page 41, line 25, at end insert--
'(1A) The Secretary of State shall remove a person from office as an independent or political member of the Board if satisfied that--'.
Amendment No. 12, in page 41, line 26, leave out sub-paragraph (c).
Amendment No. 304, in page 41, line 29, at end insert--
'( ) any organisation to which he is linked has failed to satisfy any of the four factors set out in Section 3(9)(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998;
( ) any organisation to which he is linked has failed to begin the decommissioning of arms and explosives in a manner verified by the Commission referred to in Section 7 of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997.'.
Amendment No. 13, in page 41, line 44, leave out sub-paragraph (c).
Amendment No. 305, in page 41, line 45, at end add--
'(d) he has at any time been convicted of a scheduled offence under the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 or Part VII of the Terrorism Act;
(e) he has at any time been convicted in Northern Ireland or elsewhere of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not);
(f) the political party of which he is a member is linked to any organisation to which he is linked has failed to begin the decommissioning of arms and explosives in a manner verified by the Commission referred to in section 7 of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997.'.
Amendment No. 19, in schedule 3, page 48, line 29, after "power", insert--
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